Deadliest U.S. Tornado Tracked Across the Tri-State 90 Years Ago This Week

Think about it. An EF-5 tornado cutting a swath through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana and very little warning! I mean, it was 1925. It was on the ground for hours generating 300+ mph wind speeds. It was pushing forward at 73 mph!

This thing was ridiculous. And incredibly deadly.

There were 695 fatalities involved with this twister making it the deadliest tornado on record.

Take a look at the damage from that tornado--which occurred on March 18th, 1925--in this film footage: